Brayan Rocchio Starting Second Half On The Bench
5 months agoCleveland Guardians shortstop Brayan Rocchio will open the second half of the season on Friday on the bench versus the visiting San Diego Padres. Daniel Schneemann will make the start at short and will bat seventh for the Guardians against Padres knuckleballer Matt Waldron. Rocchio went hitless in the final 12 at-bats of the first half of the season and was on the bench for two of the final three games before this week's All-Star break in favor of Schneeman. He's hitting just .210/.305/.303 with a .608 OPS, three home runs, 17 RBI and seven stolen bases in 83 games in his first full season in the big leagues. Schneeman isn't exactly turning heads at the plate, but he does have one more home run than Rocchio in just 32 games played in his rookie campaign and could continue to take playing time away from Rocchio at the 6.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com